Golf club



Patented duly 22, 1924.

GOLF CLUB.

Application filed January 22, 1923. Serial No. 614,176.

ilo all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM N. BEAT, a subject of the Kingdom of GreatBritain, and a resident of Cicero, Cook County, and

State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGolf Clubs, of which the following is declared to be a full, clear, andexact description.

This invention relates to golf clubs, and its principal object is toincrease the eiiciency of golf clubs. The invention is in the nature ofan improvement upon the golf clu'b shown and described in an applicationfor patent filed by me in the United States Patent Cflice on J une 10,1922 under Serial No. 567,254. In order to give more perfect balance tothe club, I find that it is necessary to increase the weight of themetal sole plate at the driving face side. The use of an aluminum plateon the sole is advantageous because it protects the. sole againstbruises, but its weight, being practically the same as that of Wood, Ifind that other means are required to give the necessary balancingweight at the end of the plate adjacent the driving face of the club. Ihave accomplished this end by making the plate of composite metals, thegreater part comprising aluminum and the edge portion, at the drivingface of the club, comprising brass or other comparatively heavy metal,joined to the aluminum plate to form to all intents and purposes, asingle piece. With these ends in view, the invention consists in a golfclub having a sole plate secured on the sole of its head, comprised, inpart, of aluminum, and in part of brass or other comparatively heavymetal located at the driving face side of the head. The inventionfurther consists in the several novel features hereinafter fully setforth and claimed.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, inwhich:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a golf club head and fragment of itsshaft; Fig. 2 is a View looking at the bottom or sole of the head; Fig.3 is a plan of the sole plate; Fig. 4 is an edge view thereof, lookingin the direction of the arrow 4 in Fig. 3 and Fig. 5 is a verticalsection taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

Referring to said drawing, which illustrates the preferred embodiment ofthe invention, the reference character 6 designates the head and 7 afragment of the shaft of a w driver golf club of usual and well knownform. Its driving face is designated by the reference character 8 andits sole by the reference character 9. As in the golf club 0f my priorapplication, above referred to, an aluminum sole plate 10 is let intothe sole portion flush with the surface thereof, and as a preference,said sole plate is given the shape shown in the drawings, although it isto be understood, it is not limited to such shape. The sole plate issecured to the head by screws 11 which pass through screw holes 17 inthe sole plate. At the driving face end of the sole plate, it israbbeted out at 12 to leave a thin portion 13, and the rabbet or out outpart is filled with a block or strip of brass or other comparativelyheavy metal 14, which is rigidly secured to the plate. The two aresecured together by forming the thin part of the plate with countersunkholes 15, and forming the brass strip with headed lugs 16 which extendthrough the holes 15. The lugs may be formed in casting the strip uponthe plate.

The sole plate forming the subject matter of this application, may beused in conjunction with the weights and weight carriers 18 disclosed inmy said former application. By forming the sole plate of light metalthroughout its major portion, and increasino' its weight at the drivingface end, the head is protected against bruises on its sole, and thelower edge of its driving face is further protected by the stronger andheavier metal strip, whichalso gives the club the necessary weight atthat point to properly balance the club.

More or less variation of the exact details of construction is possiblewithout departing from the spirit of this invention; I desire,therefore, not to limit myself to the exact form of the constructionshown and described, but intend, in the following claims., to point outall of the invention disclosed herein.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a golf club, a sole plate let into the sole of the head andsecured thereto, the

edge -portion of the plate adjacent the drivhaving a relatively thinpart adjacent the ing face of Ithe head, being rabbeted, and a drivingface side oi' the club, formed with heavier metal strip, littin in, andsecured countersunk holes, vand the brass part being in said rabbetedportion o said plate. cast upon the thin part `of lthe aluminum 10 5 2.In a golf club, a sole plate, formed of' portion, with lugs cast intosaid holes.

aluminum and brass, the aluminum portion WILLIAM N. BEAT.

